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Chapter 1: Product Overview
Features and Benefits
The Avocent EVR1500 environmental monitor and control appliance manages environmental conditions within a rack and/or data center through a standard web browser or the Avocent DSView® software. By combining analog and digital technology, the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance collects data from internal and external sensors, compares it to
Access via network connection
Users can access the EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance remotely over Ethernet from a web browser or a PC running DSView software. User PCs can be located anywhere a valid network connection exists. No special software or drivers are required on the attached, or host, computers. The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance can be configured on a separate network from your data network, allowing you to view and report your environmental conditions even if your applications network is down. This feature is important because loss of access to the data network could be due to adverse environmental or security conditions.
The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides an
Environmental thresholds set through the web GUI trigger alarms that can be automatically reported on the application screen, emailed, sent to a pager or sent to an NMS (Network Management System) using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol).
Internal and external sensors
The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance provides four internal sensors: Temperature, Humidity, Air Flow and Audio. The EVR1500 environmental monitor appliance also supports up to eight external analog sensors, six external digital sensors and two digital outputs. The external sensors enable you to monitor precise locations within the rack or data center. See Figure 1.1 and the EVR1500 Environmental Monitor Appliance Features table for details.